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+import discord
+import logging
+from discord.ext import commands
+from discord import app_commands
+
+from frontend import config_colors as colors
+from config import settings
+
+
+class todoCog(commands.Cog):
+    def __init__(self, bot: commands.Bot):
+        self.bot = bot
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger(
+            f"discord.cog.{self.__class__.__name__.lower()}"
+        )
+        self.todolists = {}  # Dictionary to hold todo lists for each user
+        self.message_tracker = {} # Dictionary to track messages for each user
+
+
+    @app_commands.guilds(discord.Object(id=settings.DEBUG_GUILD_ID))
+    @app_commands.command(name="todo", description="creates todo list")
+    async def todo(self, interaction: discord.Interaction):
+        user_id = interaction.user.id
+        task_list = self.todolists.get(user_id, [])
+        description_dynamic = "\n".join(task_list) if task_list else "No tasks in your todo list."
+        embed = discord.Embed(
+            title = f"{interaction.user.name}'s Todo List",
+            description = description_dynamic,
+            color = colors.PING,
+        )
+        await interaction.response.send_message(embed=embed)
+        message = await interaction.original_response()
+
+        self.message_tracker[user_id] = message.id  # Track the message ID for the user
+
+        #reaction buttons
+        await message.add_reaction("➕")
+        await message.add_reaction("❌")
+        await message.add_reaction("✅")
+        self.bot.og_user_id = user_id  # Store the original user ID for later checks
+    
+    @commands.Cog.listener()
+    async def on_reaction_add(self, reaction: discord.Reaction, user: discord.User):
+        # Ignore bot reactions
+        if user.bot:
+            return  
+
+        # Check if the reaction is on a tracked message
+        message = reaction.message
+        message_id = message.id
+        if message_id not in self.message_tracker.values():
+            return
+        
+        user_id = user.id
+        if user.id != self.bot.og_user_id:
+            await message.channel.send(f"{user.mention}, you can only manage your own todo list.", delete_after=5)
+            return
+
+        if reaction.emoji == "➕":
+            await self.add_task(reaction.message, user)
+        elif reaction.emoji == "❌":
+            await self.remove_task(reaction.message, user)
+        elif reaction.emoji == "✅":
+            await self.close_task_list(reaction.message, user)
+        else: 
+            message.send(f"{user.mention}, unknown reaction.", delete_after=5)
+    async def add_task(self, message, user):
+        await message.channel.send(f"{user.mention}, what task would you like to add?", delete_after=10)
+
+        def check(m):
+            return m.author == user and m.channel == message.channel
+
+        try:
+            reply = await self.bot.wait_for("message", check=check, timeout=30.0)
+            task = reply.content.strip()
+            await reply.delete()
+            if task:
+                self.todolists.setdefault(user.id, []).append(task)
+                await self.update_embed(message, user.id)
+        except Exception:
+            await message.channel.send(f"{user.mention}, task add timed out or failed.", delete_after=5)
+        
+    async def remove_task(self, message, user):
+        await message.channel.send(f"{user.mention}, this feature is not implemented yet.", delete_after=5)
+    async def close_task_list(self, message, user):
+        await message.channel.send(f"{user.mention}, this feature is not implemented yet.", delete_after=5)
+
+    async def update_embed(self, message, user_id):
+        task_list = self.todolists.get(user_id, [])
+        new_description = "\n".join(task_list) if task_list else "No tasks in your todo list."
+
+        embed = message.embeds[0]
+        embed.description = new_description
+        await message.edit(embed=embed)
+async def setup(bot: commands.Bot):
+    await bot.add_cog(todoCog(bot))
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